Hat, coat, or baggage check.



I. E. OHNSON.

HAT, COAT, OR BAGGAGE CHECK.

APPLICAUON FILEDDEC. 10,1315.

Peeemeed Feb. 22,1916.

THE COLUMBIA ILANOGRAPII coe. WASHINGTON. D. c.

y JOHN EDWARD r'oHNsoN, or 'Roncnvnnrn,]wnsrvrnenvra.

To all whom t may concern: v l

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD ,JOHN- sox, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ron'ceverte, in thecounty of Greenbrier, State of"West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Hat, Coat, or BaggageCheck; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

A This invention relates to a hat, coat, or-

baggage check, and an object of the 1nven tion is to provide a device ofthis character consisting of two parts, one part acting asa holder forthe other part and provided with a clamp` to secure the part to thearticle or commodity that is being checked.

In practical i'ields the details of construe* tion may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the dra-wings and claimed.

In the drawingszvFigure 1 is a' view in perspective of the improved hat,coat, or

baggage check. Fig. 2 is a view front elevation of the check. Fig. 3 1sa view 1n i rear elevation. Fig. et is a sectional view on line fet-i ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 is asectional view on line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 isa viewin front `elevation of the part of the check that ,constitutes a holderfor the other part.

Referring` more especiallyV to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the twoparts which may be lany suitable contour or configuration) of the check.However, in the present instance, the parts are circular or diskshaped,and upon onev face of eachof the parts the number of the check isprovided. As will be noted the numbers correspond in denomination. Thepart 2 (which is given to the person who is checking the article or thelike) is supplied,upon the face having the'number, with an annulargrooveB, substantially semi-circular 1n cross section. The part 1adJacent its lower edge 1s provided with a lug 4e bent laterally andupwardly to' contact with the lower edge of the part 2 and overlie thefront face of said part 2` to assist in preventing displacement of saidparts. At one of the side edges of the part 1 a lug 5 is provided, whichis bent laterally, s0 thatV the edge of the part 2 will contacttherewith.l This lug also extends at right angles, to; the

i Specification of `Letters Patent.

sion 7.

l HAT, Contr, on BAQGAGncIjIEcKQ: 'Y 'j Patented Feb. 22," '1916:

Application led December 10, 1915. Seriai1rNo.-.66,105. N

Y of the upwardly extending part ofthe lug et, to overlie the front faceof the part 2. The extended part 6 of said lug 5 has upon to engage theannular groove 3,`to further assist in' preventing displacementof thepart 2 of the check.v Forming an integral part of the part 1 of thecheck diametrically opposite thelug 4 Vas shown at 8 is aclamping tongue9, which curves rearwardly and extends downwardly, asshown in Figs. 8and 5, to engage the lower portion of the rear face of the part 1. yourhat or'coat or both, or checking your,

l baggage, the attendant of the hat box or the check room or baggageroom removes the part 2 of the check from engagement with f' the part 1,the extension 6 of the lug 5 yielding as the part 2 is disengaged, andpresents it -to the owner 7 of the wraps orv baggage, after which thepart 1 is attached to the baggage or the wraps, by virtue of the clamp9.

When checkingV either its under face a protrusion 7, which is sub-Vstantially senn-c1rcular in cross section, so as When the wraps or thelike are Vcalled for, f

the part 2 is presented to theattendant, who `locates the wraps havingthe correspondingly numbered ypart l, and detaching the part 1 returnsthe wraps to the owner, andv then slips the part2 in engagement with thepart 1, so that the two parts wil'lpbe -held together by the lugs 4t and5 and the protru;

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

l. A wrap orbaggage check, comprising I two parts correspondinglynumbered, one of said parts adjacent its edge having a pair o f lugs,one extending at right angles to the other, said lugs havingextensionsextending toward the center of the part and at fright anglesto each other and adapted to overlie theother part,to retain the otherpart in' position, and a spring clamp. carried by one of the parts toattach the same to a wrap or baggage. Y. 2. A wrap or twopartscorrespondingly numbered, one of said parts adjacent lits edge having apair of lugs, one extending at right angles tothe other, said lugshaving extensions extending toward the center of thepart and aty rightangles to each other and adaptedto overliey the o ther part, to retainthe other part in position, the extension of one of the l'ugs having itsunder surface a protrusion,

baggage check, comprising upon its outer face to be'engged `lojfszglid.nntothi's' Spec'oation nthe prsence of protrusion to materzlly assist inholding the4 twoV subscrbngwtnesses.

parts of the groove in enggement with said JOHN EDWVARD JOHNSON. 5 lug,and clamping meanscarred by lone of Witnesses:- V f the parts to attachthe same to a W'zp or Y B. ALLEN,

baggggvage.V l y 4W. W. Cox.

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